- quality
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 how good/bad sth isADJECTIVE▪ excellent, exceptional, good, high, outstanding, superior, top▪
All our cakes are made with top-quality ingredients.
▪ inferior, low, poor▪ variable, varying▪ product, service▪ audio, recording, sound▪ image, picture, video▪ air, water▪ food▪ artistic, technicalVERB + QUALITY▪ maintain▪ enhance, improve, raise▪ affect, compromise, impact (AmE), impact on, impair (esp. BrE), reduce, sacrifice▪How can we increase production without sacrificing quality?
▪ assess, determine, evaluate, judge, measure, monitor, rate, test▪ deliver▪We aim to deliver quality to our customers.
QUALITY + VERB▪ vary▪ improve▪ go down, suffer▪When costs are cut, product quality suffers.
QUALITY + NOUN▪ control▪ assurance▪ standardsPREPOSITION▪ of … quality▪The photos are of variable quality.
PHRASES▪ quality of life▪Advances in technology would, it was hoped, improve the quality of life.
2 characteristicADJECTIVE▪ admirable, desirable, endearing, fine, good, great, positive▪ negative▪ redeeming▪I found him thoroughly unpleasant, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
▪ individual, personal▪ inherent, innate, intrinsic▪ distinctive, particular, special, unique, wonderful▪ elusive, rare, star▪a singer with that elusive quality that sells records
▪They have real star quality.
▪ essential, important▪ aesthetic, artistic, literary▪ dreamlike, magical, timeless▪ moral, spiritual▪ physical▪ feminine, masculine▪ leadershipVERB + QUALITY▪ have, possess▪ display, show▪ lack▪ give▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The music gives the movie a dreamlike quality.
adj.Quality is used with these nouns: ↑beer, ↑content, ↑craftsmanship, ↑education, ↑food, ↑furniture, ↑hotel, ↑ingredient, ↑magazine, ↑merchandise, ↑newspaper, ↑paper, ↑press, ↑produce, ↑product, ↑reproduction, ↑service, ↑shopping, ↑stationery, ↑time, ↑wine, ↑workmanship
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
